clover, maybe I am a dinosaur. When I was a kid, I did not have a cell phone, we shared a party line. When "spring break" came, we did not get a vaca to Mexico, as there was no access to an "international airport", nor were there funds for such nonsense. Our vacations were done by car, usually on a vast variety of county highways and dirt roads, with no air conditioning or on-board dvds. We ate in mom and pop restaurants, or made sandwichs for the journey, eaten at pull offs. No interstates, no rest stops. We did our own car repairs, no roadside assistance. We worked for everything we had, and did without other things. The world did not owe us a living. We became our own person by our deeds, and our self asteem was something we had control over. Minimal government intervention. We took care of our own, we had neighbors we actually knew. Are we better off now? The younger generation has grown up taking a lot of the infrastructure for granted, not questioning where it came from, just knowing it was their "right", not one of their privileges.

Oh God not another "Back in my day...." speech. I did all the same things worked for a living as a kid and now, the only difference between you and me is I don't have to tell my life story all the time. I am sorry your view of the younger generation is so negative.